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They came to Albania to announce their pregnancy, the couple found 23 kg of drugs in their suitcase! (The woman suffers a miscarriage, the man risks 15 years in prison)

2026-11-12 12:23:00Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
They came to Albania to announce their pregnancy, the couple found 23 kg of
Kristian and Adriana Gjoni

A trip from Canada to Albania, which was supposed to be a family visit to share the news of the arrival of their first child, turned into a nightmare for  Kristian and Adriana Gjoni .

The couple of Albanian origin, who live in Toronto, ended up at the center of a drug trafficking investigation, after authorities at Rinas airport discovered 23.15 kilograms of cannabis in a suitcase that Christian insists was not his.

The case has become part of an investigation by Canadian television station CTV News, through the W5 show, which raises suspicions about an organized scheme to change luggage tags at Toronto's Pearson Airport.

The incident occurred over the summer, when Kristian and Adriana traveled on one of Air Transat's first direct flights from Toronto to Tirana. Upon arrival at Rinas Airport, a customs officer noticed that one of the couple's four pieces of luggage was missing an identification tag.

After about two and a half hours of detention, Christian was escorted to the baggage area and asked to retrieve a suitcase that had been left there. He claimed the suitcase was not his, but authorities opened it and found 23.15 kilograms of cannabis inside.

According to reports, Albanian police estimated the amount of drugs at approximately 400,000 Canadian dollars. Kristiani says that authorities immediately began documenting the incident, and he faced charges of drug trafficking.

What makes this issue more complicated is the allegation that the suitcase may be part of a label-switching scheme. According to the W5 investigation, individuals with access to baggage areas are suspected of removing the original labels from passengers' suitcases and placing them on other bags containing drugs.

In this way, a suitcase with narcotics can be transported under the identity of a passenger who is unaware of its contents. Ironically, Kristian and Adriana had previously followed a similar investigation by Canadian television and had followed government advice to photograph luggage and tags before handing them over at the airport. But, according to Kristian, this action was considered suspicious by Albanian authorities.

After his arrest, Christian spent four days in solitary confinement in a windowless cell. Meanwhile, his wife Adriana was taken to the hospital after experiencing severe abdominal pain.

At the time, the couple was expecting their first child. Initially, tests did not confirm the pregnancy, but later blood tests confirmed that Adriana was pregnant. However, she had suffered a miscarriage.

Medical records from hospitals in Albania and Toronto, reviewed by W5, confirm the pregnancy and her loss. Kristiani believes that the stress experienced during the detention and the entire incident contributed to the loss of the child.

An important development in this matter relates to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) verifications.

According to documents obtained by CTV News, Canadian authorities have confirmed that the couple had only checked in four pieces of their luggage.

In an October communication, an RCMP officer wrote to Christian that the institution believed he may have been a victim of luggage tag tampering.

Christian was released from prison on bail after his lawyer presented evidence related to the investigation into baggage security at Pearson Airport.

He has returned to Toronto, but must report periodically to Albanian authorities. Initially, the obligation was once a month, but was later eased to once every four months.

Lawyer Ndue Pjetra has been engaged for his defense, who has presented materials to the court regarding security concerns at Canadian airports.

Air Transat has also stated that it takes the allegations of tampering with its baggage system seriously and has cooperated with the relevant authorities. The trial against Kristian Gjoni is expected to begin in early 2027./ DailyMail

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